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Number of Laser Sessions to See Skin Improvement

asked 4 years ago by anon
Latest answer by Shankar Lakshman, MD
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Tags: sun damage

I am looking to rejuvnate sun damaged skin.  Will it require lots of laser sessions?

3 answers to Number of Laser Sessions to See Skin Improvement

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The more risk, the more reward with lasers

Generally speaking, the more risk the more rewards when considering lasers. Co2 lasers can be varied in a number of ways to increase or decrease the aggressiveness of the treatments. Fractional co2 laser resurfacing has less downtime but has less results. This approach leaves healthy skin in between treated skin so that the healthy skin can help the treated skin rejuvenate. This speeds up the healing and decreases the chance of complications. The results are less significant. For more... more
Philip Young, MD

Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Facial Rejuvenation

Thanks for your question There are 2 levels of laser facials: ablative and non-ablative. The ablative is much more aggressive at the start so it may require less treatments, but can have significant downtime (facial peeling/redness for over a week). It is also more costly, but for some, can show dramatic improvements. Non-ablative treatments are less severe and require more treatments (about 5 every month for 5 months) but have almost no downtime and can show significant... more
Shankar Lakshman, MD

Pasadena Plastic Surgeon
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Number of laser sessions depends on type and strength of laser

The number of laser treatment sessions all depends on the laser used and the strength of the treatment. The stronger the treatment, the more days of healing and redness, but the greater the improvement. You need to talk with your dermatologic surgeon to plan out how much time you can take off from being social. That will dictate what laser and laser strength will be used and the anticipated improvement.
Mitchel Goldman, MD

San Diego Dermatologic Surgeon

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